Chen Si, Here is the message from Zhang Shangyou regarding the Grand Tournament. Binbing >From: szhang@udel.edu >To: binbingwang@hotmail.com >Subject: Grand Tournament. Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 14:13:29 -0400 > >Dear Binbing, > >Please forward this message your captain, if you are not. > >Please ask everyone in your team to seek possible sponsors. >If your sponsor can pay $500 or under, your team can keep it. >If more, then your team would be a seed team for the Grand! >If $2000 or more, your team can specify the grand tournament >location! We have about one month of time. By July 15, we >would have to decide a site for the Grand, to be held as usual, >on Labor Day weekend. > >Shangyou > >P.S. Please print or email this proposal to all possible >sponsors, especailly big companies. >---------- > > > Sponsorship Proposal For The Seventh > North American Chinese Soccer Grand Tournament > > > >An Introduction to NACSL - North American Chinese Soccer League > >Since 1983, about ten thousand Chinese students have come to study in the >US each year, of whom a significant percentage settled down after >graduation. Many of these students are fervent soccer fans and excellent >soccer players. By 1985, hundreds of Chinese teams had been formed on >campuses throughout US. As shown by NACSL records, by 1986, many friendly >soccer games had been played with Chinese student soccer teams from nearby >campuses. Around 1990, regional soccer tournaments, participated by four >to six teams within driving distance (~ 300 miles), were organized. In >1995, about 10 regional soccer tournaments took place. > >The increasing level of competition and participation ultimately led to >the creation of North American Chinese Soccer League (NACSL) in 1996, >which organized the first-ever Grand Tournament at Columbus, Ohio, with 12 >participating teams from all over the country. After two days of grueling >competition, Tsinghua Alumni team beat all their opponents and won the >Championship. The event brought unprecedented excitement to the Chinese >soccer communities in the North America. > > > >An Introduction of the Annual Grand Tournament > >Since 1996, the Grand Tournament has reached beyond the original Chinese >students/scholars community to include teams from Chinatowns of the major >metropolitan areas, and become the most anticipated annual sports event >among the Chinese communities. The venues for the tournament have spread >all over the country, as far west as California, and as far east as New >Jersey. > >Each year, over 100 teams across the nation compete in the regional >tournaments to fight for a spot in the Grand Tournament. The most >noticeable regional tournaments are Bay Area Chinese American Athletic >Tournament, representing the highest level of soccer competition in the >west, Northeast American Chinese Cup, representing the highest level of >soccer competition in the Northeast. Last year, 6 teams from these two >tournaments participated in the Grand Tournament, and the rest of the >regional teams came from Chicago, Texas, Wisconsin, Arizona. Besides >regional teams, alumni from Chinese universities that have a heavy >presence in the US, for example, Tsinghua University, University of >Science and Technology of China, and Peking University, have formed >varsity-level teams to compete in the tournaments. > >The Grand Tournaments have been widely covered by Chinese newspapers, TV >programs, on-line journals, Alumni newsletters and etc. For instance, >Grand Tournament 2001 made headlines in 4 newspapers and 3 TV channels. > > >How did NACSL organize the event in the past? > >NACSL is a non-profit organization run by unpaid volunteers. The mission >of NACSL is to promote sportsmanship and friendship among Chinese >communities in North America by organizing the annual Grand Tournament. >The expenses of the previous tournaments have been paid mostly by >registration fees from the participating teams except for the last one, >when the Chinese General Consulate in Los Angeles generously contributed >$6500. Because of the sufficient funding, we were able to organize the >most successful tournament in the league history. To further grow the >League and expand its influence, we are currently actively seeking >possibly long-term sponsorships. . > > >How is the league going to seek sponsorships and to help promote >sponsors of the Grand Tournament this year? > >A planning committee has been formed with several long-time dedicated >members in the league. Their responsibilities will be to oversee the >process of seeking and negotiating with potential sponsors, formulating >feasible plans on how to best accommodate and promote sponsor?s >business-related and/or non-commercial requests, and informing the league >members in a timely fashion of the tournament organizing process. We have >formulated four concrete ideas on how to help promote a sponsor: > > To advertise the sponsorship on our league website and report the > visitor counter to the sponsor. > > To use email-based newsletter to promote the sponsorship to the North > America Chinese communities. We have contacts with the Chinese > student/scholar associations in almost all major universities as well as > other non-university affiliated Chinese organizations in the North > America. > > To advertise the sponsorship in all of our news media promotions. > Last year, we ran month long advertisement in two major Chinese > newspapers before the tournament and received headline coverage > in many more media channels during and after the tournament. > > To promote the sponsors during the tournament. We?ll set up flyers, > banners, and distribute brochures about the sponsor (if provided) > during the tournament and to invite people from the sponsoring > organization to attend the opening and closing ceremonies. > >In addition, NACSL would name the championship cup after a sponsor that >contributes $4000 or more to the tournament. In particular, NACSL wishes >to find a long-term sponsor over the next five or ten years. > >The league would like to solicit three types of sponsors for this >tournament. > > 1. Exclusive sponsor - The sponsor would cover the entire expense of > the tournament or more. In that case, we will turn down all other > sponsorship offers. The tournament cup will be named after the > sponsor and allpromoting efforts by the planning committee will be > devoted solely to thissponsor. > > 2. Major sponsor- The sponsor would contribute equal or more than > $4,000(but less than the total budgeted expense for the > tournament). The tournament cup will be named after the > sponsor and the planning committee will make promoting > this sponsor the highest priority among all sponsors. > The league would only accept one major sponsorship for > the Grand Tournament. > > 3. Honorary sponsors- Each of the honorary sponsors would offer a > sponsorship of $500. The names of the sponsors will be listed > in all e-newsletters and advertisements. > > >A budget proposal > >This year the Grand Tournament will again be played during the Labor Day >weekend (08/31-09/02). The tournament location will be determined at the >beginning of July. > > > >The following is the budget proposal of 2002 North America Chinese Grand >Tournament. > > > >Item Name Amount ($) >Field leasing 3,000 >Goals/Nets 200 >Cooler Leasing 100 >Group Insurance (Public liability insurance) 700 >Cup/Medals 500 >Banners/Supplies 200 >Tents/Chair 1,100 >Advertisement 250 >Volunteer pension 200 >Referees 1,600 >Player ID card 500 >Miscellaneous 300 >Total 8,650 > > > > > >The 2002 Grand Tournament Planning Committee > >Wei Chen >Member, NACSL >weichen999@hotmail.com > >Jie Kang >Member, NACSL >jiekang007@yahoo.com > >Walter Miao Yuan >Member, NACSL >626-395-8089 >wmyuan@hss.caltech.edu > >Shangyou Scott Zhang (contact person) >President, NACSL >302-831-0625 >szhang@udel.edu > >League website: http://www.nacsl.com > > > > > >This draft was prepared by the planning committee on April 23rd, 2002. > > >-- _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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